Tyler Rustein, who has held positions with sports-focused apparel companies as well as the alternative Overtime sports leagues, will join the PGA Tour as its new chief marketing officer on October 5. He joins the league as its CEO, Brian Rolapp, a former NFL executive, has articulated a plan aimed at modernizing its tournaments. Rolapp […]
Variety•Brian Steinberg15 Sept
Chile’s Francisca Alegría and Fernanda Urrejola, co-showrunners of Prime Video’s epic saga “The House of the Spirits” lead the slate of Alma Media Lab, a fledgling publishing-to-screen company based in Miami. Inspired by such companies as Hello Sunshine or Alloy Entertainment, Alma Media Lab will focus on books and series conceived simultaneously in close collaboration […]
Variety•Anna Marie de la Fuente15 Sept
Nepal’s Academy Awards entry “Elephants in the Fog” is the sole Nepali film at the Toronto Film Festival, where director Abinash Bikram Shah has turned the film’s international visibility toward the floods devastating communities back home – among them people directly connected to the production. Lead actress Puspa Thing Lama is from Nuwakot district, one […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran15 Sept
Mikel Gurrea’s “Saints,” starring Victoria Luengo, who played opposite Javier Bardem in “The Beloved,” will be brought to market at San Sebastián by Berlin-based M-Appeal which has acquired its international sales rights. M-Appeal will launch its campaign as “Saints” (“Sants”) weighs into San Sebastián Festival, running Sept. 18-26, as one of its highest-profile titles, one […]
Variety•Emeza80515 Sept
Maddalena Ravagli, who is known for penning some of the most successful Italian scripted series including “Gomorrah” and “ZeroZeroZero,” is making her directorial debut with Sicily-set story “The Place of Eternal Summer” (“La terra dell’estate”). Shooting is now underway in Sicilian locations on Ravagli’s first feature, which will mix coming-of-age and action movie tropes under […]
Variety•Nvivarelli15 Sept
Actors Alma Pöysti, William Spetz and Pekka Strang are attached to Jon Blåhed’s romantic comedy “The Bottom Line,” with Pöysti set to play the lead role of Iris. The project will be pitched at the Finnish Film Affair (Sept. 23-25), which is the industry program of the Helsinki Intl. Film Festival. Pöysti is best known […]
Variety•Leo Barraclough15 Sept
Bitters End has sold “In My Father’s Room” to France, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong ahead of the film’s world premiere in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival, with several more territories still in negotiation. After San Sebastian, the film will travel to the Busan International Film Festival. Art House Films has picked up […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran15 Sept
Acclaimed Catalan filmmaker Carlos Marques-Marcet (“10,000 km,” TIFF Platform winner “They Will Be Dust”), with his first showrunning gig, and sisters Mireia and Joana Vilapuig (“Selftape”) will rub shoulders with creators from Galicia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Mexico and Portugal at the second edition of iSerielizados Mind the Gap co-pro series contest. The international series pitch, […]
Variety•Emeza80515 Sept
Value-driven Finnish outfit Gutsy Pictures headed by Marika Makaroff (“Moominvalley,” “L/Over”) has secured a greenlight from MTV Finland and added co-producers Zeitsprung in Germany and Götafilm in Sweden for the psycho-thriller “Dangerous Woman.” Already pre-bought by TV4 in Sweden, the six-parter created by Makaroff will be directed by the established Zaida Bergroth, credited for the […]
Variety•Emeza80515 Sept
Warner Bros.’ “Practical Magic 2” cast a winning spell over the U.K. and Ireland box office, dethroning “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” after a six-week reign to claim the top spot with an opening weekend of £2.7 million ($3.7 million). Disney followed closely in second position with the cinema rollout of “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran15 Sept
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will honor Japanese filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu with its Cinema Honorary Award and has named Korean director Yim Soon-rye jury head of its Asian Feature Film Competition. The 37th edition of SGIFF runs Oct. 21 to Nov. 1. Kore-eda will attend a special presentation of “Look Back” on Oct. 24, […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran15 Sept
“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” may have been canceled by CBS, but after taking home the award for outstanding variety series at Monday night’s Emmy Awards, Stephen Colbert is still optimistic about the state of late-night television. Speaking with CNN correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister and Variety co-president and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh following the Emmy Awards, […]
Variety•Payton Turkeltaub15 Sept
Tim Blake Nelson’s "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd" is a gripping, wrenching, dark-as-midnight crime drama that taps into a phenomenon many might view as an underground secret (or maybe they just don’t know anything about it): the relationship that develops, more often than you’d think, between violent incarcerated criminals and civilians who fall in love with them.
Variety•Owen Gleiberman15 Sept
Last year, the Emmys bet on an unorthodox host in Nate Bargatze and the result was an unmitigated disaster. This year, the Emmys bet on an unorthodox host and were rewarded with an effusive, yet efficient tribute to television at its best. Watching “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star — and “My Mom Jayne” […]
Variety•Alisoncolleherman15 Sept
“Widow’s Bay” was the most-awarded show at the Emmys this year, winning 14 trophies total. The Apple TV comedy already had eight wins under its belt at the start of Monday night’s ceremony, having picked up awards including guest comedy actress (Betty Gilpin), comedy casting and music supervision at last week’s Creative Arts Emmys. At […]
Variety•Selome Hailu15 Sept
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are here, and much like a passing glance at a cloudless night sky, the stars are out! But this is no time for puns! Television’s biggest night was hosted by “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” icon Mariska Hargitay, and there were plenty of big wins and upsets. See some […]
Variety•William Earl15 Sept
TV’s biggest night has officially come to a close, and a select group of stars can now say they’re both Emmy winners and Variety cover stars. Seven 2026 Emmy winners — from Noah Wyle to Jean Smart and more — graced the magazine’s cover over the past year. Revisit Variety’s premier coverage with the winners […]
Variety•Payton Turkeltaub15 Sept
Sequels can be just as bad as their predecessors, and we’re in the midst of another unfortunate one. On Monday at the 78th Emmy Awards, in the lead and supporting races for drama and comedy, in addition to lead actor and actress in a limited series, all 10 actors who crossed the stage came from […]
Variety•Clayton Davis15 Sept
Actors, executives and creatives across the television business gathered Monday night for the Emmy Awards to recognize the year’s best programs. As it does every year, the ceremony also paid tribute to the actors and others who have died since the last Emmys. But every year, social media users are quick to point out names […]
Variety•Pat Saperstein15 Sept
“Widow’s Bay” is the most awarded comedy season in Emmy history. Apple TV’s horror-comedy closed the weekend with 14 Emmys — eight banked at the Creative Arts ceremonies and six more on Monday’s telecast — surpassing the 13 that “The Studio” won a year ago for the most Emmys ever collected by a comedy series […]
Variety•Clayton Davis15 Sept